Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 4/1/12http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/04/07/reference-question-of-the-week-4112/
or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference DeskTue, 08 Aug 2017 06:34:42 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1By: Brian Herzoghttp://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/04/07/reference-question-of-the-week-4112/#comment-9419
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:52:43 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-9419@Rosemary: I remember my parents talking about the “new math” I was being taught in school when I was young – maybe changing it up every generation is just job security for teachers?
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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:17:25 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-9140I had a friend run into the math issue with her daughter. She kept trying to explain the concept of borrowing and her daughter didn’t have a clue what she was talking about since they were teaching them this method at school.
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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:19:12 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-9069@amac: I don’t know. Anything having to do with DRM and licensing seems, much like math, more difficult than it should be. But since Apple and Amazon can handle it, I would think Barnes and Noble could too. And thanks for the comment – I appreciate you reading.

@Shane: it did, it was just funny to watch. Also, interestingly, the girl was eight, the dad looked over sixty.

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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:06:17 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-9046Sounds like a perfectly normal father-daughter exchange to me 🙂
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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:51:06 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-9044Great post… they do make the math more complicated than it needs to be.
Question: do you ever think Barnes and Noble will get with the program and get on the APP wagon? It is so much easier and smoother than having to connect and drag…not too mention teaching!
Love your blog..
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Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:18:51 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-8899That math problem seems like a lot of steps.

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Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:18:23 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-8898@Cari: I don’t think I have it totally correct, but I kind of get the principle. I guess this is the “new” new math.

@Liam: We do have Overdrive, but we were using the laptop they brought with them. Something I didn’t know until this experience is that you still need a computer even when using a Nook Color. I thought, since it’s much like a tablet computer, we could just use Overdrive’s mobile site and download right to the Nook, but no – we still needed to first download to their computer and then transfer it with a cable. That’s an advantage the iPad and Kindle have over the Nook.

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Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:00:46 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-8884I’m curious, how did you download the book onto the nook from a library computer? I thought you needed a unique adobe id and had to synch that to a specific computer. Do you use Overdrive?
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Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:34:10 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3242#comment-8882That’s really cute! I don’t really understand the expanding math either, though!
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